Item recorder



May 18 192 6.

C. H. WALLACE ITEM RECORDER Filed June 18, 1925 JUNE suu MON TL 6 M MM N 51 17.

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Patented May 18, 1926.

rarer CHARLES H. WALLACE, OF APPLETON, WISCQNSIIT.

ITEM RECORDER.

Application filed June 18, 1925. Serial No. 37,997.

lhe object of this invention is to provide a simple device for the housekeeper to record items which that person is in need 0t.

A further object of this invention 1s to provide an item recorder or reminder which is simple in operation .and economical in manufacture.

More specifically the object of this invention is to provide aboard, preferably of card boa-rd, having one or more slots, items listed under said slots, and pointers movably mounted in the slots for designating some of the items. 7

A further object is to provide a means for retaining the pointers in proper positions above the listed items.

A further object is to provide a means for holding the board a slight distance from the wall on which it is hung so that the pointers may be easily operated.

A further object is to provide a pointer made of one piece and if desired a handle member thereon to facilitate the moving of the pointer in the slot.

These and other objects will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of the device, whereby the ob ects contemplated are attained as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a front view of my complete device ready for use.

Fig. 2 is a side sectional view of my invention hanging on a wall and is taken on line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of one of the pointers or indicators.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the pointer taken on line 4i4 of Fig. 8.

My invention may be incorporated in a calender of artistic design and given to clients for advertising purposes. In such cases the donor is reasonably assured that, because of the merit of the device, his gift will be kept and the cost of the advertising will not be a loss.

I have used the numeral 10 to designate the base board of the device. This board is preferably made of card board but may be made of metal or other composition. Horizontally positioned in the board 10 are a series of slots 11, slidably mounted in which are any desired number of pointers or indicators which I have designated by the numeral 12. Positioned below these slots 11 are series of 'indicia'such as the names of household necessities. By this arrangement the pointers may be moved in the slots and caused to rest above a certain item which is desired to be remebered or recorded. These pointers are more securely retained in operative positions above the indicia by the notches or depressions 13 on the lower margin-a1 edge of the slots 11. At one end of the slots and at a position where there is no indicia there are no depressions on the lower mar inal edge of the slots. gated marginal portion 1 1 is on a plane with the bottom of the depressions, and is pro vided as a parking space for the pointers when those members are not in operative positions. By this construction of the lower marginal edge the pointers will not be easily jarred from their moorings when Wind or vibrations move the base 10.

As will be noted from Fig. 3 these pointers are of U shape. They are preferably made of metal and are cut and pressed into shape by machinery from one piece of metal. As these pieces that eventually form the pointers are cut from the original in a V out the point 15 of the pointer is automatically formed. The bottom of the inside of the U pointer is rounded as is shown in Fig. l and is designated by the numeral 16. This allows the pointer to slide over the corrugations 13 more easily but when once placed in operative position will fit more snugly into one of the depressions and will be retained more securely thereby. If it is desired a handle member 17 may be formed on the pointer to facilitate the gripping of the pointer for moving the same to various positions in the slots 11. This handle member may be made by cutting a half circle in the pointer and bending that portion out and from the pointer.

As the portion 18 of the pointer 12 is designed to hang back of the board 10 and the said board is designed to be hung on a wall or the like, it is possible that the portion 18 will frictionally engage the wall and thereby impede the sliding of the pointer in the slot. This possible objection is overcome by having the depressions 19 formed in the This uncorruboard which thereby holds the board a slight distance from the wall 20 as is shown in Fig. 2.

The practical operation of my invention is as follows:

hen the housekeeper finds that he or she is out of certain items listed, the pointers are moved in the slot 11 until they rest in such a position as to point to those items. This record is made from time to time and when going to shop, all one has to do is to look at the board and be reminded of items that should be purchased. After purchasing the listed items return the pointers to the parking space 14 reserved for that purpose and the device is again ready for use.

A calendar 21 may be secured to the board. It the housekeeper desires to keep the device a'fter the calendar has become obsolete a new calendar pad may be purchased and secured to the board in place of the old one. it may-be desirable to place a memo pad or the like on the board instead of a calendar pad.

The space 22 may contain the name of the giver and other advertising which he may see fit to place thereon.

I have used the numeral 25 to designate the indicia adjacent the slots 11.

It will be noted that I have arranged the indicia alphabetically and that the key letters are placed above the slots to facilitate the housekeeper to find the item desired to he recorded.

Some changes maybe made in construction and arrangement of my item indicator without departing from the real spirit and purpose of my invention and it is my intent-ion to cover by my claims and modified forms of structure or use of mechanical equivalents which may be reasonably included within their-scope.

In a dc ice of the class described, a base board having horizontal slots, indicia located adjacent said slots a portion of the lower marginal edge of said slots having deprcssions, aseries of U members slid-ably mounted on and stradling said lower marginal edge, said U members having a beveled portion on their inner side where they engage said marginal edge to conform with said depressions.

Signed at Des htoincs, in the county of Polk and State of Iowa, this 8th. day of June, 1925.

CHARLES H. WALLACE. 

